3 Nunavut communities still have ongoing tuberculosis outbreaks
Pangnirtung, Pond Inlet and Naujaat still fighting outbreak Three Nunavut communities still have ongoing tuberculosis outbreaks — one of which
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Pangnirtung, Nunavut will soon have a new wellness centre
Pangnirtung’s first wellness centre is getting ready to open its doors this month after three years in the making. The group
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How the legacy of Canada’s tuberculosis sanatoriums haunts public health efforts in Pangnirtung
Sixty-five years ago, tuberculosis left Nancy Anilniliak with an invisible scar. In 1958, when she was five, Anilniliak was taken
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Heavy precipitation, glacier runoff forces trail closure in Nunavut’s Auyuittuq Park
Parks Canada has closed a popular hiking route in Nunavut’s Auyuittuq National Park amid concerns over heavy precipitation, glacier runoff,
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Grieving Nunavut families shocked after funeral service sends wrong bodies for burial
Two grieving Nunavut families say they were shocked to learn they’d been given the wrong bodies of relatives to bury
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Nunavut declares tuberculosis outbreak in Pond Inlet
Nunavut’s chief public health officer has declared an outbreak of tuberculosis in Pond Inlet. Five people in the north Baffin
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Bear intestines, fish skins and red carpet runways: The year in sewing
Sewing has always been an essential part of northern culture. It also plays a vital role in the ongoing cultural
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Pangnirtung health centre in northern Canada will be closed next month due to staff shortages
The health centre in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, will be temporarily closed next month for about one week, according to the Department of
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Arctic Canada: new COVID-19 restrictions imposed in Nunavut hamlet
Pangnirtung saw its first two cases of COVID-19 on Monday, according to Nunavut’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Michael Patterson,
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Arctic Canadian territory of Nunavut to start vaccinating youth aged 12-17 on June 15
Clyde River, Pangnirtung, and Pond Inlet will hold the first mass clinics Youth in Nunavut will be able to receive
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Holiday storm sees record high winds in Canadian Arctic communities
Communities in the Qikiqtani region of Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut are recovering from a storm over the holiday long
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Alien invasion hits community in Arctic Canada in filming of sci-fi movie
Teen girls are fighting against an alien invasion in the first feature movie to ever be filmed in Pangnirtung, Nunavut.
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Community in Arctic Canada seeks ways to grow thriving turbot industry
Every day and night in Pangnirtung, Nunavut from January to April, there’s a steady parade of snow machines leaving and
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Canada’s Governor General heads north to spotlight Arctic science
Canada’s Governor General left for the northeastern territory of Nunavut on Thursday for a three-day trip to the Arctic. Julie
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